Dan Flavin
dal 20/11/2006 al 3/3/2007
Segnalato da
20/11/2006
Dan Flavin
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Retrospective. From 1963 onwards, the artist devoted his work exclusively to the application of fluorescent light. The exhibition features the entire spectrum of his life’s work, from room-capturing light installations to the small sculptural pieces. The 140-metre-long axis of the Pinakothek will be given over to showing more than 20 of the monuments for V. Tatlin. Curated by: Tiffany Bell, Michael Govan and Corinna Thierolf.
Retrospective
Curators: Tiffany Bell, New York; Michael Govan, Los Angeles; Corinna
Thierolf, Munich
Four years after opening, the Pinakothek der Moderne is holding its most
major exhibition to date in collaboration with the New York Dia Art
Foundation. It is dedicated to Dan Flavin (1933-1996), the American artist
who pioneered the exploration of completely new terrain in art. From 1963
onwards, Dan Flavin devoted his work exclusively to the application of
fluorescent light. The exhibition features the entire spectrum of his life’s
work, from room-capturing light installations to the small sculptural
pieces. After London and Paris the exhibition has now reached its final
destination in Munich where the most comprehensive presentation of all is to
be held. The 140-metre-long axis of the Pinakothek der Moderne will be given
over to showing more than 20 of the monuments for V. Tatlin.
They
contrast sharply with the intimate nature of his assembled icons (1961-63) -
now brought together in their entirety for the first time - which marked
Flavin’s fascinating breakthrough into the art world. Flavin’s intensive and
early attachment to Munich is highlighted in the presentation of an
installation from 1968 that extends over three rooms and was arranged by the
artist himself in what was then the Galerie Friedrich in the
Maximilianstrabe. In holding this exhibition, which covers more than half
the upper floor of the museum, the Pinakothek der Moderne honours an
outstanding artist of the 20th century. The retrospective is to be seen
within the context of a collection through which the museum has come to be
recognised worldwide as one of the most important venues for encountering
American Minimal Art.
We would like to thank the Philip Morris GmbH | Kunstforderung for their
generous support of the exhibition.
Image: Dan Flavin, Untitled (to you, Heiner, with admiration and affection), 1973. Foto: Florian Holzherr. Courtesy: Dia Art Foundation.
Press Preview: 21.11.2006, 11.00
Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Str. 29 - Munchen